^ iliiorial . Railroad Regulation . The method of regulating railroad ohargeB which wo described in onr last issue , and whioh has always been THE WESTXBN RUBAX B plans will sometime be adopted . We do not olaim to have a keener insight into the future than other men , bnt we do point with considerable sati if aotion to the faot that this journal has never yet taken an advanced position npon a question that was not finally ooonpied by the pnblio at large ; and it will be so in this oase . Bat we do not expeot that oar plan will be immediately adopted . We shall be compelled to reaoh it through regnlar stages .. The first step that will be taken will be the formation of a commission whioh will do just enongh to show what oan be done , bnt not enongh to remedy the great evil of burdensome railroad management . This step , therefore , will be important snd consequently we advocate it . The disposition of those having the matter in charge , or who have given it thought , is shown by the...

fymtw 4 % - ^ edu —Siokness is creating great havoo among tha British and Egyptian troops in the Sondan . —The notorious Abe Buzzard is reported to have surrendered himself to the authorities . —The Illinois State Dental Sooiety met in Peoria last week . Eighty members were present . —The Canadian forces under Gen . Middleton have defeated the half breeds and oaptured Batoohe . —The Oermanla Band of Freeport , III ., has acoeptedthe appointment as the offioial band ef the Third Regiment . —The Afghans now desire that England shall revimge their defeat by the Russians or indemnify the Ameer for his losses . —The House of Commons has voted an annuity to Princess Beatrioe , to be paid after her marriage , of | 80 , 000 a year . —The revised edition of the Old Testament has been made publio . It is said very few marked changes have been made . —An Industrial and Art Exhibtion , open to the prodnots and industries of all countries , will be held in Edinburg , Scotland , in 1886 . —Three ...

lj | iferarg * The Wooing of Sendal . AH OLD JAPANESE IiEOIND . Forever in the pine-olad shore Of Takaeango e Bay The oold waves dash their orystal heads In many tinted spray . Less oold than she whom Sandal s son Wood for so long and strangely won . Fairer was she than anght of earth . Divine in form and face , Eaoh limb and feature charmed the eye With more than mortal grace ; Yet naught of earth oould move or thrill Her heart , as marble hard and chill . Long was the enit that Sendai urged ; Blow years their courses ran , let never dared the immortal maid Hear love from mortal man . Sky born , how oould she bend below And e en s princes worship know ? And yet she loved him . Day by day , . Beneath one wind-ewept pine . She heard him to his samisen Singing : her praise divine , A woman still though goddess , she Drank in his worship eagerly . Entranced , enslaved , he saw the light Bum in her deep-lashed eyes ; No longer thwarted neath the pine ; He clasped his beauteous prize . L...

| Mm- Batter Legislation . We print below the emphatio and important seetions Of the bill to prevent frands in bntter and milk , as passed by the New Tfork Leg islature . B « 0 Tio « 1 . No person or persons shall aeU or expose for sale or exohange , any nnolean , impure , unhealthy , adulterated Or unwholMome milk , or shaU offer for sale a . y artiole of food made from the same or cream . Mm the same . This provision shall not -only to pure skim oheese made from milk which is clean , pure , healthy , wholesome and ^ adulterated , exoept by skimming . Whoever violates the provisions of this seotion is aullty of a misdemeanor , and shaU be vanished by a fine of not less than twentyfive nor more than two hundred dollars , or bv imprisonment of not less than one nor more than six months , or both suoh fine and imprisonment for the first offense , and by six months imprisonment for eaoh subsequent offense . SECTION 2 . No person shall keep oows for the produotion of milk tor market or ...